Buying Nik Silver Efex pro 2

T

tigerphil

Well-known
Local time
11:09 PM
Joined
Dec 10, 2009
Messages
261
Can someone please tell me how to purchase Silver Efex pro 2. Can't seem to find a website that is selling it. Thanks
 
doolittle said:
Google have bought over the company and now sell all the Nik Plugins as one package:

http://www.google.com/nikcollection/
Click to expand...

Is any of the rest of this suite worth a look?
I checked out the color efex module and pretty much felt like I opened a box of crayons.
SEP2 is a nice program but... $150 for some grain... IDK?

I'm looking for something right now. Was hoping to try VSCO but I would like something that plugs into aperture and VSCO does not :?
 
Really depends on how much time you want to spend creating on your workflow. I use silver and color efex presets as baselines then adjust individually. Can I get to that baseline with just Photoshop (or any other tool)? Of course... But to me, $150 was worth the time I save with the presets.
 
The current suite is a great value when compared to what Nik sold individual components for. I had an old version of the Nik software that no longer was usable due to some Apple OS updates. Nik basically told me to go away. I sent Google the serial number and the story and they sent me a free unlock code.
I actually only use Silver Efx Pro but the sharpening program looks intriguing.
 
I would recommend also trying out other products, that I found to be almost as good, and have "trial" downloads available.
These are from -
OnoneSoftware.com
Topazlabs.com

Both of these are Plugins. I like the Ononesoftware version.
 
I actually liked the first SEP better, now they have all sorts of filters and effects that I don't care for, I don't think I'll be buying that in the future. VSCO seems much more interesting at this point
 
kxl said:
Really depends on how much time you want to spend creating on your workflow. I use silver and color efex presets as baselines then adjust individually. Can I get to that baseline with just Photoshop (or any other tool)? Of course... But to me, $150 was worth the time I save with the presets.
Click to expand...

Bingo.
I agree totally with KXL on this.

I use the first version of SEP and I personally dig what it can do. I too use it as baseline to tweek - I've got a bunch of my own "formulae" now that makes the entire conversion process a lot easier and simpler for digital.

I also think, based on the other items (plugins/programs) I've tried for B&W conversion over the years, this one to me comes the closest to film - it's not the same as film but it's really really close.

Cheers,
Dave
 
Lauffray said:
I actually liked the first SEP better, now they have all sorts of filters and effects that I don't care for, I don't think I'll be buying that in the future. VSCO seems much more interesting at this point
Click to expand...

I have VSCO for Aperture and it's OK, but I like DxOFilmPack much better. The nice thing about VSCO is that you are not creating those huge TIFF files in a round -trip process. Bad thing about VSCO, at least for Aperture, is that it appears to be pretty much at a dead end. Multiple new version released LightRoom, but Aperture appears to have been abondoned.
 
Presets and some tweaking are quite good with the Nik Silver EFX Pro 2. Saves a lot of time and gives good results for me. Some samples:

NK5-L.jpg


NK2-L.jpg


NK6-L.jpg
 
lightroom and silver efex Pro

lightroom and silver efex Pro

Hope I am posting in the right location. I would like to use Silver Efex Pro - Do I need Lightroom to do so or can it be used without LR? Am using Xt1 and Em5- any suggestions? I do lots of black and white images. I don't know much about how to start, I have been using iphoto (!)- looking for a simple and direct system for processing.

Many thanks,
Darya
 
darya151 said:
Hope I am posting in the right location. I would like to use Silver Efex Pro - Do I need Lightroom to do so or can it be used without LR? Am using Xt1 and Em5- any suggestions? I do lots of black and white images. I don't know much about how to start, I have been using iphoto (!)- looking for a simple and direct system for processing.

Many thanks,
Darya
Click to expand...

It works as stand alone, you just drag your file onto the SFX icon.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom